Definitions
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- n. A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- n. the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
Etymologies
Examples
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It's astounding, the way this government operates, wherein you can posit the term totalitarianism and actually cobble together a credible argument.
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Monday morning, before leaving for French, Heeger had been on her computer, exchanging instant messages with Berger, who had been up since six writing a paper for his Global Ethics class on what he called the totalitarianism of Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela.
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This return to totalitarianism is something that all college-level Cubans have seen once; older Cubans have seen multiple times.
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It seems that the prelude to totalitarianism is revolutionary war, which is many things but rarely “easy.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism
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I kept saying to people when I was reading this that one of the problems with totalitarianism is that it produces such bad dialog.
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I stated that totalitarianism is the same no matter what you want to call it.
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April 6th, 2010 at 10: 17 pm linzloo08 brought to you by I Want My Country Back, Inc.!! says: drhunt1 says: okie dokie. socialism and fascism are two sides of the same coin … totalitarianism is pretty much the same no matter what name you attribute to those that rule.
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I stated that totalitarianism is the same no matter what you want to call it. btw … did you know that Hitler wanted universal health care for his people?
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Frankly, I suspect you strongly favor many aspects of Popper's politics (especially belief in totalitarianism as something real, instead of a propaganda construct.)
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This kind of theocratic totalitarianism is exactly the opposite of what the Tea Party claims to support.
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